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Kairouan is an inland city without a coastline or airport. When a specialist examination or opinion is unavailable locally, patients may be referred to a university hospital in the Sahel. Here is how to prepare journeys to Sousse or Monastir.
Sousse is approximately 60 km from Kairouan via RN12, about one hour by road outside congestion. Sahloul and Farhat Hached University Hospitals are in different neighbourhoods: specify the exact site and ward. See ambulance in Sousse.
Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital in Monastir is about 70 km from Kairouan, around 1 h 10 by road depending on traffic. See ambulance in Monastir.
Plan backwards from the appointment or admission time, allowing extra time for traffic and crossing the Sousse urban area at peak hours. Travel times are indicative, not guaranteed arrival times.
Before transfer, provide:
In summer, keep the patient and documents out of direct sun while waiting.
After hospitalisation in Sousse or Monastir, arrange the return as soon as discharge is known. Ensure a relative is present, a bed is prepared and the room is accessible. See Kairouan ambulance and interhospital transfers.
Contact EMS on +216 48 024 000 or WhatsApp, 24/7. A coordinator calls back within 10 minutes and provides a quote; transport is confirmed only after agreement and an availability check. See Kairouan, Sousse, Monastir and request a quote.
For life-threatening emergencies, call SAMU on 190 first. EMS does not replace public emergency services.
In a life-threatening emergency or an acute deterioration, contact the competent public emergency services immediately. A request sent by form or WhatsApp does not confirm a transport booking.
About 60 km via RN12 and approximately one hour by road to Sahloul or Farhat Hached, excluding congestion.
About 70 km and around 1 h 10 by road.
No. They depend on traffic. Departure is planned around the appointment with a margin.
Pickup site, receiving hospital and ward, appointment time and patient position.
Call SAMU on 190 first. EMS does not replace public emergency services.
Kairouan is an inland city, with no coastline and no airport of its own, about an hour by road from Sousse. Many of the patient transports here link the city of the Aghlabids with the university hospitals of the Sahel, Sfax or Tunis, and then bring patients back home. Based in Monastir, the EMS team works regularly in Kairouan and across its governorate on these planned journeys.
Find out more02Sousse brings together two university hospitals, a strip of hotels running all the way to Port El Kantaoui and a medina listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: three settings with very different access constraints. Based in Monastir, the EMS team works regularly in Sousse and the surrounding towns, from Hammam Sousse to Kalâa Kebira, carrying out transfers between facilities, returns home and journeys to the airport.
Find out more03For EMS, Monastir is not just one destination among many: it is the city where the team is based, at Office 10 in the Mzali Innovation building, 19 rue Abou Bakr Essedik. Most of our transports start or finish here, somewhere between Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, the hotels of Skanes, the airport and the towns of the governorate. This page gathers what you need to know to prepare a private ambulance journey from or to Monastir.
Find out more04An inter-facility transfer involves two institutions, each with its own timetable and constraints. EMS handles the link between them and moves the patient from one ward to the other.
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